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@agite-( tete-e @nitrati @frn GEORGE n; NEBI'NeEni orLIIWIsEmI.` PENNSYLVANIA, As'sIG-No'n- To HIMSELF AND WILLIAM A. MIDDLETON.

lLettere I Jatent'liTo.y 74,713, dated February I8, 1868.

"nnrnovrz-n` CLQTisms-LINE GLAMILI @Ligt Srlg'etule-rtfemhltt: in tlgszse'tettns @mit rmt making tutti tin saire To LL wHoM IT MAY ooNoEnN: l I Be it known that I, GEonGn R. NEBINnnm-of Lewisberry, in thecountyof York, and in theStnte of Penn@ sylvnnia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements -in Clothes-Line Ties; and dorherebydeclare that the following is a. full, lean-and exact descriptionl thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings,-

and the let'ters'of referenee marked thereon; Y l Y i i -i In the annexed drawings, making a. part of this specification, A represents an' ordinary post' o`r pillar, and B represents n blockof wood or casting of metel, provided with flanges, and the inner side -of- Bad angeseach provided with a. groove, x, to4 receive und for the trunnions e e of'theblo'ck C to work in. l The block-C is made to fit between the ilnnges of the block B, v.nd its trunnions to fit and work .in the fgro'ves'-l thereof, and long enough tocome out Hush with the foce of the block. B, or whatever length `required. "The "trunnionsie eare vthen inserted into the grooves a: of the ilangesto theblock B, and then seid .block B is serewedior seeured any suitable' manner to theipost A.

It will now be readily seenthat, by secnring one en d of a; rope or clothes-line, and then passing the other` end through the opening between the anges of the block B, nndvbenenththe block C, and streining it uptight,

then', by pressing with the thumb or lfinger' on the back or outer lside of the hlocls C, so thatjit will catch, thecord or clothes-line D will be caught4 between the sideof the post A and the end of'the blok C, andqthere' Y `securely fastened. A

Whenever it maybe required to unfastenlor' takethe clothes-line down,.allfthat'isrequired is to -pull on the outer end of the vcord D, and thereby loosen the blocli C, which may then berasd by hand, and-,the cord. or line D will slip out ofthe fastening.. .i A v Y i Having thus fully dese'ribedmy invention, what I claim as new, ond desire. to secure byLetters Patent, is-

The block B4, having a'horizontal groove in its centre,whereby twoflngeslare formed,`which have each a.

vertical slot, 2:, on their inner eidegwhen used in combination with the wedge-shaped block C, provided withtrunnions e e, whihrwork in'said slots, as and for the purposes specified. p

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing7 I have hereunto set my hand, this 17th day vof December, 1867.

' i i G. R. NEBINGER.

vWitnesses:

` R.- N. WEIGHT,

W. P. NEBINGER. 

